2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tangney · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Tangney
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Tangney than in most other areas, making it a place where larger households are the norm. This trend is driven by a high number of couples with children, who make up over 65% of all families.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Tangney — higher than 71% of areas.
| Tangney | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Tangney typically hold 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. While the number of people living alone has risen to 20.5% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.5% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tangney, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.3% of the local mix, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is consistent with the area's strong base of couple-led households, with 65.2% of families consisting of couples with children.
10.3% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tangney, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tangney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED515/tangney/topic/family-households